Chapter Summaries

The convoy stopped at a Gas Station to collect fuel before heading toward the Small Town, and Chu Sheng arranged for Zhou Dun to fill his containers. The station’s fuel pumps worked, and the convoy continued gathering supplies.

• Chu Sheng decided against upgrading his Sidecar Motorcycle and brought eight Mineral Water bottles and a 20-liter Fuel Drum to collect gasoline.
• Captain Hui announced the convoy’s arrival at the Gas Station, where survivors lined up to gather fuel for trade and future use.
• Zhu Qing's driver operated a purely mechanical pump, allowing the convoy to fill its containers without digging for fuel.
• Chu Sheng spotted two Electric Scooters, then asked Zhou Dun to fill his bottles and Fuel Drum in exchange for half a kilo of rice.
• Zhou Dun accepted the task, while Old Man Li looked pityingly at him and the two sisters as other survivors watched enviously.

Chu Sheng gathered batteries, tires, and car parts to lower the cost of upgrading his sidecar motorcycle, with An Xi helping him strip a car. The upgrade still cost more survival points than he had, so he improvised by tying the car’s roof and windows onto the motorcycle, leaving everyone staring at the bizarre vehicle.

• Chu Sheng removed the batteries from two electric scooters while An Xi watched.
• Chu Sheng asked An Xi to cut the wheels off nearby cars, and she used her White Jade Spear to retrieve four tires.
• Chu Sheng configured the sidecar motorcycle’s upgrade, reducing its cost from over sixty thousand survival points to 23,000, but he had only 16,540.
• Chu Sheng removed a car’s windows and roof and tied them to the sidecar motorcycle, astonishing An Xi, Captain Hui, and the other survivors.

Chu Sheng spent 13,500 survival points upgrading his sidecar motorcycle into a Battle-Damaged Pickup Truck with a gas-electric hybrid system. After testing the truck and sending Zhou Dun’s group to gather more fuel, he drew Zhu Qing’s envious attention.

• Chu Sheng upgraded his Sidecar Motorcycle into a Battle-Damaged Pickup Truck, leaving him with 3,040 survival points.
• Chu Sheng showed An Xi the truck’s bare-bones controls and explained that its hybrid engine and solar panel would reduce its need for gasoline.
• Chu Sheng imagined improving the truck until he could drive a Hundred-Ton King through the apocalypse.
• Chu Sheng gave Zhou Dun and his two companions three packets of instant noodles and ordered them to collect more fuel.
• Zhu Qing admired Chu Sheng’s pickup and complained that his own ability was only being an ordinary Giant.

Chu Sheng upgraded Zhu Qing’s clothes and then proposed driving into the Small Town to gather supplies with An Xi and Zhu Qing. The convoy stopped outside the town while the three prepared to enter.

• Zhu Qing complained that Chu Sheng and the other Sequence Adepts were overpowered, admitted An Xi could defeat him, and asked Chu Sheng to upgrade his clothes.
• Chu Sheng used 500 Survival Points to upgrade Zhu Qing’s clothes into an Elastic Combat Suit, and Zhu Qing left with it.
• After the convoy refueled and approached the Small Town, Captain Hui stopped everyone several hundred meters from its outskirts and warned the Sequence Adepts to stay alert.
• Chu Sheng suggested driving his pickup into the town with An Xi and Zhu Qing riding in the truck bed so they could gather supplies quickly.
• An Xi and Zhu Qing showed interest in Chu Sheng’s plan to drive to the supermarket entrance and load supplies into the truck.

Chu Sheng, An Xi, and Zhu Qing entered the Small Town to gather supplies, where An Xi subdued a Sequence 9 Anomalies. Chu Sheng dissected it for supernatural materials, leaving with its beating heart and pitch-black eyes.

• Captain Hui gave Chu Sheng and the others two hours to return before the convoy had to leave.
• Zhou Dun chose to enter the Small Town with Li Ling, Li Lin, and several other survivors, while many stayed behind.
• Chu Sheng drove the pickup into town as Zhu Qing and An Xi watched for danger.
• A brat Anomalies appeared, and An Xi pierced it with the White Jade Spear and pinned it beneath her foot.
• Chu Sheng killed and dissected the Anomalies to collect supernatural materials, and it dissolved into black vapor, leaving a beating heart and pitch-black eyes.

Chu Sheng and An Xi gathered supplies, discovering and nearly emptying a dried goods store, while Zhu Qing disappeared inside the supermarket. An Xi rushed to check on him, and Chu Sheng followed, eager to confront a possible Anomalies.

• Chu Sheng explained that extracting materials from a living Anomalies could preserve drops that might otherwise vanish, and Zhu Qing showed off his ability to grow into a giant.
• An Xi opened a sealed dried goods store with her White Jade Spear and found it packed with food, spices, and other long-lasting supplies.
• Chu Sheng and An Xi loaded the dried goods, seasonings, and sacks of beans and millet into the pickup.
• When Zhu Qing failed to emerge from the supermarket, An Xi suspected trouble and charged inside, while Chu Sheng followed with his Butcher Knife.
• Inside the supermarket, Zhu Qing ran toward the entrance covered in blood and countless wounds.

Zhu Qing fled an Anomalies that could injure him despite being untouchable, while An Xi and Chu Sheng helped pull him away with the White Jade Spear. As they raced toward the convoy, the Anomalies’s scream filled them with overwhelming drowsiness.

• Zhu Qing ran from the Anomalies through the supermarket and warned An Xi and the nearby survivors to flee.
• Chu Sheng sped away in his pickup, and An Xi leaped aboard before urging Zhu Qing to grab the White Jade Spear and shrink to normal size.
• The Anomalies reopened Zhu Qing’s wounds with her words, but he healed himself with a Little Supernatural Cherry Tomato and held onto the spear.
• An Xi recalled the White Jade Spear, which carried Zhu Qing and his backpack toward the pickup as Chu Sheng drove for the convoy.
• The Anomalies screamed, making Zhu Qing, Chu Sheng, and An Xi intensely drowsy while Zhu Qing clung to the spear.

Chu Sheng, An Xi, and Zhu Qing escaped an Anomalies that seemed immune to the White Jade Spear, and Chu Sheng left two fleeing men behind to distract it. The group returned to the convoy, where Captain Hui decided they should leave the area.

• An Xi's White Jade Spear pierced the pursuing Anomalies without affecting it, so Chu Sheng focused on getting away.
• Chu Sheng used the spear to cripple two fleeing men and leave them behind for the Anomalies, which stopped chasing the pickup.
• Chu Sheng and Zhu Qing passed out from the Anomalies's mental attack, while An Xi remained unaffected and drove the pickup back to the convoy.
• Captain Hui said his attempt to calculate what Chu Sheng and Zhu Qing would do had shown only a pitch-black void, then urged everyone to leave the area.

The convoy camped beneath the blood moon after escaping an Anomalies whose mental attack left Chu Sheng and Zhu Qing asleep. Chu Sheng woke the next morning to find An Xi had drooled on his pickup, and she punched him after he asked whether she had bad breath.

• Captain Hui told An Xi that Chu Sheng and Zhu Qing would recover after sleeping through the night, and An Xi stayed in Chu Sheng's pickup to keep him safe.
• An Xi told A Xin to flee immediately if anything went wrong, then dozed beside the sleeping Chu Sheng and repeatedly teased him as he instinctively swung at her.
• The night passed without incident, and Chu Sheng woke refreshed at dawn to find An Xi asleep with drool on the steering wheel.
• Chu Sheng asked An Xi if she had bad breath, and she punched his shoulder before storming out of the pickup.
• Chu Sheng wiped the steering wheel, retrieved his Butcher Knife, and inspected the supplies after the convoy adjusted everyone's shares.

Chu Sheng, An Xi, and Zhu Qing discussed dividing the materials from the brat Anomalies, while Chu Sheng fused its black eyes with the Eerie Cat’s scarlet eyes. The fusion produced a new Sacrificial Item: Human Eyes, Cat Pupils.

• The group divided their gathered supplies according to their agreed shares, with Captain Hui, An Xi, and Zhu Qing receiving larger portions than Chu Sheng and Old Man Li.
• Chu Sheng retrieved the scarlet eyes from the Eerie Cat and the black eyes from the brat Anomalies, considering whether he could fuse them while the spoils remained undivided.
• Zhu Qing gave up his share of the brat Anomalies’s materials, saying Chu Sheng and An Xi had saved his life.
• An Xi argued with Chu Sheng, then claimed the brat Anomalies’s heart after Chu Sheng offered her the eyes instead.
• Chu Sheng fused the two pairs of eyes and created Human Eyes, Cat Pupils, a Sacrificial Item ranked 5721.

Chu Sheng fused two supernatural materials into Human Eyes, Cat Pupils, gaining crimson vision that revealed nearby Anomalies and supernatural materials. After An Xi and Zhu Qing restrained a Black Zombie, Chu Sheng dissected it, while Captain Hui explained to Zhou Dun how supernatural materials could be used to make Sacrificial Items.

• Chu Sheng fused the two supernatural materials into Human Eyes, Cat Pupils and discovered he could see an approaching Anomalies through the crimson-tinted world.
• Captain Hui warned the group of an Anomalies, and Chu Sheng identified it as a Black Zombie while Zhu Qing explained that the captain's journal catalogued Anomalies.
• An Xi wounded the Black Zombie with her spear, and Zhu Qing pinned it down so Chu Sheng could dissect it.
• Chu Sheng removed the Black Zombie's fingernails and fangs as supernatural materials, using his new vision to locate where its black aura gathered.
• Wu Meng warned Wu Jie to think carefully before speaking in the apocalypse as they watched Chu Sheng's group.
• Zhou Dun asked Captain Hui about the dissection, and Captain Hui explained that Anomalies yielded supernatural materials for Sacrificial Items and that Chu Sheng charged one material to make one.

Captain Hui explained that Chu Sheng could fuse supernatural materials into sacrificial items, prompting him to suggest Zhou Dun trade with other convoys for materials. After the group hunted a zombie, they divided its materials and supplies, and Chu Sheng’s haul of alcohol and cigarettes pleased Old Man Li.

• Captain Hui told Zhou Dun that Chu Sheng could fuse supernatural materials and suggested trading with other convoys for them.
• Chu Sheng, An Xi, Zhu Qing, and Captain Hui finished killing and dissecting a zombie, obtaining fingernails, teeth, and a smoke-emitting spine.
• Old Man Li declined a share of the zombie materials, and the group divided them among An Xi, Captain Hui, Zhu Qing, and Chu Sheng.
• The group divided the recovered food and supplies, including Zhu Qing’s convenient foods.
• Chu Sheng revealed that he had collected alcohol and cigarettes instead of food, and Old Man Li welcomed the haul.

Chu Sheng fused zombie fangs into his knife, creating the Corpse-Poison Cat-Slaying Knife, then fused a zombie spine into An Xi’s White Jade Spear, transforming it into the Black Jade Bone Spear. The group finished dividing their supplies, and Chu Sheng turned to Captain Hui as he approached with a pig’s trotter.

• Old Man Li took all the liquor and beer, while Chu Sheng, An Xi, Captain Hui, and Zhu Qing divided the cigarettes and other supplies.
• Chu Sheng fused four zombie fangs into his Butcher Knife, turning it into the Corpse-Poison Cat-Slaying Knife with stronger abilities and a new blood-hungry cost.
• Chu Sheng declined to spend 5,000 Survival Points on upgrading the knife and decided that vehicle upgrades were a better use of his points.
• An Xi gave Chu Sheng a pig’s trotter and her White Jade Spear, asking him to fuse the spear with a zombie spine.
• Chu Sheng transformed the White Jade Spear into the Black Jade Bone Spear, then returned it to An Xi.
• Captain Hui approached Chu Sheng with a pig’s trotter.

Chu Sheng fused Captain Hui’s dagger, zombie nails, and bone fragment into a powerful sacrificial item, then reluctantly handed it over. Captain Hui urged him to help other members of the convoy, while Chu Sheng remained focused on doing business and surviving.

• Chu Sheng set aside his planned personal fusion when Captain Hui brought him materials and asked him to make a sacrificial item.
• Chu Sheng fused the dagger, zombie nails, and sharp bone fragment into a Bone-Poison Dagger that could curse and kill people of the same Sequence within three days.
• Captain Hui examined the Bone-Poison Dagger, praised Chu Sheng’s work, and took the dagger with him.
• Captain Hui said he had no more supernatural materials like the bone fragment and explained that he had discarded most of the others.
• Captain Hui encouraged Chu Sheng to help convoy members who brought materials, but Chu Sheng cared more about the materials and payment than the fate of humanity.

After four days of smooth travel, Captain Hui’s convoy met another group of survivors at a highway rest area and agreed to trade. Chu Sheng was warned that the other convoy’s young woman had sensed a devil in his heart, leaving him frustrated that everyone saw him as dangerous despite his insistence that he acted only to survive.

• Chu Sheng scavenged vehicle parts and stored the parts and food in his pickup as Captain Hui’s convoy traveled for four days.
• At a highway rest area, Captain Hui’s convoy encountered another convoy, and both groups watched each other warily.
• Captain Hui proposed a trading session, and the other convoy’s young woman accepted after saying the wind told her they were not bad people.
• Captain Hui told Chu Sheng and the others that his divinations judged the strangers kindhearted, then warned Chu Sheng not to cause trouble because the young woman knew he was no good.
• The young woman told Uncle Zhou and Hao Ran to guard themselves around Chu Sheng, saying Gentle Breeze had sensed a devil in his heart.
• Chu Sheng felt aggrieved by their suspicion and resolved to preserve his self-image as someone who acted only to stay alive.

Chu Sheng browsed the survivors’ trade stalls with An Xi, while Zhou Dun sought supernatural materials to trade for a sacrificial item. Wei Haoran offered him a bizarre buy-one-get-one-free deal in exchange for gasoline.

• Chu Sheng collected his Little Supernatural Cherry Tomatoes from Old Man Li’s driver and browsed the stalls with An Xi, complaining that survivors feared him.
• Chu Sheng rejected the idea of finding followers because he did not trust ordinary survivors, and he and An Xi went to inspect the Sequence Adepts’ goods.
• Zhou Dun decided to obtain supernatural materials and trade them for a sacrificial item so he could fight eerie creatures and protect Li Qian and Li Ling.
• Zhou Dun asked Wei Haoran what he wanted for his displayed supernatural materials, and Wei Haoran excitedly offered him two items for one, requesting gasoline.

Zhou Dun traded gasoline and food for supernatural materials and a sword, while Chu Sheng offered Little Supernatural Cherry Tomatoes to Zhou Qi in exchange for knives and swords. After Zhou Qi tried one and felt its effects, Li Feifei made a new offer for all of Chu Sheng’s tomatoes.

• Zhou Dun traded fifteen liters of gasoline for a tortoise shell, a Bone Club, and two pulleys, then exchanged dried noodles and instant noodles for a Craft Tang Dao.
• Captain Hui advised Zhu Qing to get a weapon, prompting Zhu Qing to realize he had been fixated on making clothes.
• Chu Sheng offered Zhou Qi a Little Supernatural Cherry Tomato to demonstrate its healing and stamina-restoring effects.
• After eating the tomato, Zhou Qi proposed trading half of Chu Sheng’s bag for all the knives and swords at his stall.
• Li Feifei appeared with a pair of Gloves and offered them for all of Chu Sheng’s Little Supernatural Cherry Tomatoes.

Captain Hui interrupted Chu Sheng’s attempt to trade for a sacrificial glove, then explained that the deal could have damaged the convoy’s reputation and gave Chu Sheng the items they received. Chu Sheng inspected the Black Glove and learned that its blood-triggered price required it to sense milky white fluid within twelve hours.

• Captain Hui traded Little Supernatural Cherry Tomatoes, Supernatural Cherry Tomatoes, rice, and water for Li Feifei’s glove and blades.
• An Xi and Zhu Qing wondered why Captain Hui had intervened, then agreed to split the supernatural materials at Wei Haoran’s stall.
• Captain Hui gave Chu Sheng the traded items and warned him against scamming other convoys, explaining that such deals could cost lives and ruin their reputation.
• Chu Sheng called Captain Hui a true saint, but Captain Hui cursed at him and refused to explain the price of his Sequence.
• Chu Sheng counted the weapons and inspected the Black Glove, discovering that it required the presence of milky white fluid within twelve hours of touching blood.

Chu Sheng fused the Eerie Pig’s remaining trotters into his pickup’s front tires, giving it several practical abilities, then helped Zhu Qing assess supernatural materials. He remembered that the Black Gloves’ perfect-fit ability matched something Zhu Qing wanted.

• Chu Sheng discovered he could rename sacrificial-item abilities and put the Black Gloves away because of their costly usage condition.
• Chu Sheng fused the Eerie Pig’s remaining two trotters into the pickup’s front tires, completing its transformation into a sacrificial item with improved stability, durability, automatic repair, and a charging ability.
• An Xi admired the upgraded pickup but explained that she was saving her mismatched supernatural materials instead of fusing them at random.
• Zhu Qing showed Chu Sheng rotten wood, white paper, and a blade, asking which materials could make clothes or weapons.
• Chu Sheng recommended the blade, dismissed the other materials, and realized why the Black Gloves’ perfect-fit ability had seemed familiar.

Chu Sheng traded the Black Glove to Zhu Qing and fused it with a blade, turning it into the stronger Black Blade Gloves. Zhu Qing discovered the gloves’ revolting price and was left horrified.

• Chu Sheng offered Zhu Qing the Black Glove, which had the adaptive fit Zhu Qing wanted, and Zhu Qing agreed to take it in exchange for canceling Chu Sheng’s debt of two fusions.
• Chu Sheng and Zhu Qing each considered the trade a good deal, and Zhu Qing handed over supernatural materials for Chu Sheng to use.
• Chu Sheng fused the Black Glove with the blade, creating the Black Blade Gloves, while An Xi took them and learned their price before passing them to Zhu Qing.
• Zhu Qing sensed the gloves’ abilities and learned that using them required him to experience their former owner’s depraved acts whenever they came into contact with blood.